Personal Trainers Should Never Sit Down During a Session
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By Sal | April 15, 2009
Frankly, there's no justification for a personal trainer sitting/leaning while a client is working out. Here's a list of the negatives of sitting/leaning during a training session.
- Trainers should always be in an active position; sitting/leaning is passive and low-energy
- You can't motivate clients while in this passive position
- Sitting/leaning is a sign of laziness. If trainer is too tired to be active they should not be training
- A passive posture is an indication of boredom and/or disinterest
- There's no way to effectively demonstrate, make a correction, provide a spot or instruct while in these passive positions
- This passive, low-energy posture encourages clients to be lazy
I am shocked by how often I see personal trainers in "big box" gyms sitting down while their clients are working out. With very rare exception, a trainer should never sit down while a client is exercising; it looks terrible and is bad form. The rare exceptions are when a client is doing something in the prone or supine position where sitting gives the trainer the best opportunity to spot, instruct or demonstrate.
Over the past several weeks I've seen trainers slumped over and sitting on equipment while their clients were exercising. This behavior is more outrageous when you consider the gym I belong to is brand new and these trainers are in the earliest stages of the trainer/client relationship when they should be doing everything possible to make a great impression.
There's not too much else to say, personal trainers and strength coaches should not sit down while they are working with clients.
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